Shutter-fastener



0.1GARLICK`. Shutter-Fastener.-

No. 2,25470'. Patented Mar. 16, |880.

N PETERS PHOTO LITHOGRAPNER WASHINGTON D C l UNITED f STATES APATInvT Ormea.

CHARLES GARLIOK, OF SYRAOUSE, NEW YORK.,

SHUTTER-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,470, dated March 16, 1880. Application filed August 5, 1879.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GARLrcK, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Blind-Locks, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to a novel, simple, and eifective device adapted for lookin g doors, windows, and various other objects, but more especially designed as a fastening or coupling of window-blinds arranged to swing both vertically and horizontally.

The invention consists, chiefly, of a case fixed to one of a pair of blinds, and having sliding within it a bolt, and pivoted to its top a hook or latch engaging, respectively, a socket and a shoulder or lug in a case iixed to the fellow blind, by which device the twoblinds are securely fastened to each other and caused to move in unison when being swung out of vertical position. Y

It also consists in a novel construction of the details of the said device, whereby the casting and fitting of same are greatly facilitated and the cost of the manufacture of the article is materially reduced. t.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is a front view of the device 5 Figs. 2 and 3, vertical transverse sections on lines :c and y y, respectively. Figs. et and 6 are front views ofthe back plates ofthe two cases. Figs. 5 and 7 are rear views of the front plates of same, and Figs. 8 and 9 side views of the said cases. i

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a case composed of two plates,

p p', applied one upon the other, and secured to one of a pair of blinds by screws a n passing through holes h h near the top and bottom of the respective plates. The back plate, p, is provided on its face with horizontal parallel ribs c o, united at one end by a vertical rib, o', forming guides and a stop, respectively, for a sliding bolt, a, fitted between said ribs. The rib o, however, may be dispensed with and a stop, l, xed to the bolt. Back of the top hole, h, the plate p is provided with a projecting or raised shoulder, c2, of even height with the aforesaid ribs, which shoulder limits the movement of `and supports in its raised or unlocked position the latch or hook b, as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. l of the drawings, which latch is arranged between the two plates p p and pivoted 011 the top screw, n. The plate p has an oEset, o, in the same relative position as the bottom edge of the lower rib, o, on plate p, and of even height with said ribs, so that the plates will properlyfit and bear upon each other.

By means of a slot, s, in the plate 19 access to the bolt c is obtained for operating same.

B is a case, likewise formed of two plates, q q', fitted one upon the other, and attached to the fellow blind by screws n n passing through the two plates near the top and bottom thereof, the back plate, q, being provided with raised guides w w, which, when covered by the plate q', form a socket, c, for the reception of the slide-bolt a. The raised part lof the face of plate g is extended around the eye t', through which the upper attaching-screw passes, and

the hook or latch b, which is provided with a` recess, k, fitted to said lug. The extremity of the latch has a downward extension, e, which enters a recess, r, formed back ofthe lug d by a curtail in the length of the guiding-rib w. The plate q has an offset, o, and is applied to the back plate, q, in a manner analogous to that of the plates of case' A.

The peculiar construction and combination of the constituent parts of the described fastenin g device adapt the same especially for the so-called blind-awnings,77 which are formed of the ordinary blinds or shutters arranged to swing bodily outward at the bottom and suspend at an angle from above. The latch b, by its recess k and extension e engaging the lug or shoulder d, effectually couples the two blinds and the bolt c, maintaining them in true line with each other during their movement, and thus prevents lateral swaying of the blinds, and to a great extent relieves thelatch of transverse strain.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim. as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The blind-fastener herein described, con

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sisting of the case A, provided with the slidebolt a and pivoted latch b, and the case B, having socket o and lug or shoulder d, all constructed and combined to operate substantially in the manner set forth.

2. The bolta and latch b, in combination With the case A, composed ofthe plate p, provided With ribs o o, shoulder o2, and holes h h, and the plate p', provided With slot s, offset o, and holes h 7L', and the case B, composed of the plate q', provided with ribs w w, shoulder d, and holes z' i, and plate q', having offset o and 

